MercadoLibre vs Razorpay

MercadoLibre and Razorpay both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Razorpay (rank #30) holds a meaningful lead over MercadoLibre (rank #693) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (63 vs 31). The gap of 32 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Razorpay is clearly ahead of MercadoLibre. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), MercadoLibre is ahead of Razorpay. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Razorpay is ahead of MercadoLibre. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Razorpay is ahead of MercadoLibre. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Razorpay is clearly ahead of MercadoLibre.

MercadoLibre carries 1,621 GitHub stars across 101 public repos, with 1 repositories active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors on record. Razorpay shows 3,811 stars across 177 public repos, 38 active in the last 90 days and 32 external contributors.

MercadoLibre is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Razorpay looks better where momentum is the deciding factor. The table below breaks the scores down pillar by pillar; the linked profiles cover the underlying repos, docs and community signals in full.